Inner City Arts is an arts organization that originally aimed to provide arts education to a broadly diverse population of at-risk inner city children and teenagers while also transforming the "Skid Row" neighborhood where it was located.
The Inner-City Arts Expansion Project was recognized by the Bruner Committee for bringing an additional 22,000 square feet of studio space to supplement the 13,000 square feet of the original complex and for also expanding the population served and the service hours to provide after-school arts instruction.
Included in the Inner City Arts Expansion Project were: a new multimedia center fusing arts and computer technology; a new ceramics center; a new animation studio; expanded teacher training opportunities; a new central theater; as well as all an day family events program designed to engage both children and family members in learning experiences.
The Committee noted that the Inner City Arts Expansion Project has redoubled the organization's impact on this urban community, and its campus has provided a community development model for at-risk urban areas.